Isolated Acute Pericarditis Revealing Brucellosis

Houcine Mrad^{1, 2}, Wided Besleï^{1, 2}, Warda Mahdhaoui^{1, 2} and Salem Bouomrani^{1, 2,}

¹Department of Internal medicine, Military Hospital of Gabes, Gabes 6000, Tunisia

²Sfax Faculty of Medicine, University of Sfax, Sfax 3029, Tunisia

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Houcine Mrad, Wided Besleï, Warda Mahdhaoui and Salem Bouomrani. Isolated Acute Pericarditis Revealing Brucellosis. American Journal of Medical Case Reports. 2021; 9(12):675-677. doi: 10.12691/AJMCR-9-12-3

Abstract

Cardiac complications of brucellosis are extremely rare with an overall frequency estimated at less than 1%. They are dominated by endocarditis and myocarditis, while pericarditis remains exceptional and unusual with only few sporadic cases in the world literature. Brucella pericarditis is exceptionally isolated. It is often associated with the involvement of other cardiac tunics (endocarditis and/or myocarditis) or is part of a complex cardiac involvement (brucella pancarditis). This clinical presentation of brucellosis is a real diagnostic challenge for clinicians. We report an original case of acute pericarditis as the first and only manifestation revealing septicemic brucellosis in 27-year-old Tunisian woman.

Keywords

acute pericarditis, brucellosis, heart, pericardium, brucella

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